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OSCE/ODIHR Review of Law on Elections of Representatives to the Croatian Parliament
Publishing date: 2 March 2004
Collections: Election-related Legal Opinions and Comments
Content type: Report
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
These comments on the legal framework of elections in Croatia are primarily based on the Law on Elections of Representatives to the Croatian Parliament (the 2003 Election Law), adopted in April 2003, by amendments to the former parliamentary election law from 1999. The amendments were necessitated in large part by the constitutional changes in Croatia in 2001, which included the dissolution of the upper chamber (the House of Counties) of the former State Parliament, as well as the enactment of the Constitutional Law on National Minorities. However, the amendments also addressed other issues, including those, which arose during the previous elections to the former House of Representatives (now Parliament), which were held under the 1999 Election Law. These issues included some raised by the OSCE/ODIHR as a result of its observations of the 2000 election.
Georgia, Extraordinary Presidential Election, 4 January 2004: Final Report
Publishing date: 28 February 2004
Collections: Georgia
Content type: Report
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Elections
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Serbia, Parliamentary Elections, 28 December 2003: Final Report
Publishing date: 27 February 2004
Collections: Serbia
Content type: Report
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Albania, Local Elections, 12 October 2003 and 25 January 2004: Final Report
Publishing date: 25 February 2004
Collections: Albania
Content type: Report
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Opening address of Ambassador Christian Strohal at the Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting "Electoral Standards and Commitments". Vienna, 15-16 July 2004
Publishing date: 15 July 2004
Collections: Speeches by Ambassador Christian Strohal
Content type: Statement / speech
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
A speech made by the ODIHR Director, Ambassador Christian Strohal, at the opening of the Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting "Electoral Standards and Commitments"
Georgia, Parliamentary Elections, 2 November 2003: Final Report
Publishing date: 28 January 2004
Collections: Georgia
Content type: Report
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Democracy And Human Rights Assistance. OSCE/ODIHR Programmes and Project Outlines 2004-2005.
Publishing date: 28 January 2004
Content type: Report
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Elections
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
OSCE/ODIHR Programme Package
Russia, Parliamentary Elections, 7 December 2003: Final Report
Publishing date: 27 January 2004
Collections: Russian Federation
Content type: Report
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Croatia, Parliamentary Elections, 23 November 2003: Final Report
Publishing date: 20 January 2004
Collections: Croatia
Content type: Report
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Assessment of the Election Code of the Kyrgyz Republic as Amended by the Legislative Assembly in the Second Reading on 25 December 2003
Publishing date: 15 January 2004
Content type: Report
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
This assessment reviews and comments on the Election Code (hereafter “the Code”) of the Kyrgyz Republic as amended by the Legislative Assembly on 25 December 2003. This assessment is based on an unofficial English translation of the Code, as reflected in 93 articles on 127 pages of text. The OSCE/ODIHR previously commented in November 2003 on proposed amendments to the Code proffered by both executive and legislative branches of government. This assessment supersedes the OSCE/ODIHR November 2003 assessment of proposed amendments. This assessment is provided with the goal of assisting the authorities in the Kyrgyz Republic in their efforts to develop a sound legal framework for democratic elections. However, as previously stated by the OSCE/ODIHR, the extent to which any amendments can have a positive impact will ultimately be determined by the degree to which state institutions and officials implement and uphold the Code.